Nice truck, like the camo bug flector. Did you do the lift your self?

 

Mine is a '97 with a new 6" fabtech lift. Check my gallery for the before and after pics

 

 

les 22 did u change your gears? i have the 4.6 5 speed and im planning on a skyjacker or fabtech but i don't know whether to get 4.56 , 4.88??

 

4.56 for 35's

 

keith you have a 5.4 i have a 4.6 idk if 4.56 will make it go the way i want it to What do you think? Keith? Wandall? thanks

 

My bad, sorry bro. Im not sure if it makes a difference or not.

 

I havent changed my gears yet but it definitely needs to be done

My truck isnt an every day driver and its a 5 speed so its not too bad to deal with. My reasons for not changing the gears asap are:

What will it be like when I change back to the stock wheels for the winter months from November thru April? I bet its like riding a mountain bike in first gear.

And for those who have regeared, if you have 4 WD, I assume you have to change the gears in the front as well as the rear, correct?

 

I don't have gears, but you are correct about having to get both differentials regeared. Having the front spin a different ratio than the rear would probably grenade the transfer case if you ever had to put it in 4WD.

This is offtopic from the thread, but I am really considering the thought of putting the Fabtech 6" on my '03 after seeing your truck and several others on here. I would probably buy the kit online since I can get it for $1595 shipped, but what did you pay to have it installed?

 

thats about what I paid online for my fabtech. A friend and I installed it. Wasnt a difficult process at all. Especially with many useful threads on this board, some even have step by step pics. To be honest, I was very nervous about doing it myself at first.

 

thanks bro...and no i had a shop put it on for me...wish i wouldve done it myself though its just very time consuming

 

I agree, it did take half the day on two weekend days to complete

 

Les22, I was going to send you a PM but it wont let let cause I probably don't have enough posts. How did you approach the torsion bar removal step? I read the instructions and it said to use a removal tool which is pretty expensive and sometimes hard to locate. I did read though in another post that the bar was left in the control arm but they used an air hammer to take the key off.

I think if I can get some of these questions squared away before I consider purchasing the lift I will try to knock it out myself.